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Maria Ressa

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Maria Ressa

Season 2023 Episode 723 | 26m 46s | CC

Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist who faces prison time for standing up to authoritarianism in the Philippines, discusses how the spread of false news through social media threatens democracy and the importance of a free press.

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